# 鹹 U+9E79 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E79

A Chinese character meaning “salty, briny; salted; pickled”, read xián in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `鹹` |
| Codepoint | U+9E79 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E79 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `鹹` `鹹` |
| CSS | `\9E79` |
| JavaScript | `\u9E79` |
| UTF-8 | E9 B9 B9 |
| UTF-16 | 9E79 |
| Definition | salty, briny; salted; pickled |
| Mandarin | xián |
| Cantonese | haam4 |
| Japanese | KAN SHIOKARAI SHIOKE |
| Korean | HAM |

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Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/9E79 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/9E79